It’s a bit muddled, since in The Voyage Home when the marine biologist lady says, “Don’t tell me you don’t use money in the 23rd century,” Kirk replies, “Well, we don’t.”
Also totally possible it’s just a saying, current English is full of old phrases and words, I wouldn’t think it was odd if someone said “worth their salt” for example.
In Voyager, the situation is admittedly different, but they talk specifically about replicator credits. It could be that there’s a de facto currency depending on the environment one’s in. Alternatively, they could be common sayings that have outlived their literal meanings (becoming something akin to idioms) or, if you prefer some meta, they’re translations of what the characters actually say into the parlance a 20th-/21st-century audience is more comfortable with.
It’s a bit muddled, since in The Voyage Home when the marine biologist lady says, “Don’t tell me you don’t use money in the 23rd century,” Kirk replies, “Well, we don’t.”
There’s also a line in The Doomsday Machine where Kirk tells Scotty he “Just earned his pay for the week”
Also totally possible it’s just a saying, current English is full of old phrases and words, I wouldn’t think it was odd if someone said “worth their salt” for example.
Eh… We still say “dollars to donuts” even though donuts cost more than a dollar. Phrases are weird and can’t be trusted to make sense.
We do?
I’m not sure, I may have missed the memo.
True, I forgot about that line even though it’s my favourite Trek movie.
In Voyager, the situation is admittedly different, but they talk specifically about replicator credits. It could be that there’s a de facto currency depending on the environment one’s in. Alternatively, they could be common sayings that have outlived their literal meanings (becoming something akin to idioms) or, if you prefer some meta, they’re translations of what the characters actually say into the parlance a 20th-/21st-century audience is more comfortable with.
Deep Space Nine also had replicator credits and employees getting paid a limited salary.